Tuesday 11 May 2010

Private hospital planned for La Línea

LA LÍNEA
(EuropaSur) Inemsa XXI, a company based in Algeciras, is planning to build a private hospital in the municipal gardens of La Línea,  close to the bunker in the photo, with an investment of some €12million. The site had been set aside for a project by former La Línea Mayor Juan Carlos Juárez that never got off the ground. Plans for the hospital include all the usual facilities, such as 15 to 20 rooms, operating theatres, delivery rooms, doctors' surgeries, therapy rooms and other departments, including a cafeteria. This would be the town's first private hospital, although there are several specialist medical facilities. One of the company's objectives is to attract 'medical tourism' to the area and has received initial approval from La Línea Council. If things go according to plan, the hospital will be in operation before the Junta's public hospital is even built: it is scheduled to be finished in two years.>
The Junta's Servicio Andaluz de Salud (SAS) announced an investment of over €53million for a public hospital to replace the existing one -about which complaints increase daily- but negotiations about land with the previous La Línea government have delayed the beginning of building. Originally scheduled, in November last year, to be finished in 3 years, further delays have been caused by bad weather and a rise in the town's water table. This hospital will have 40% more rooms than the private one.

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